2018 FIA GT Nations Cup
| Race details | ||
|---|---|---|
| Date | 1 December 2018 | |
| Official name | Bahrain GT Festival | |
| Location | Bahrain International Circuit, Sakhir, Bahrain | |
| Course | Permanent racing facility 5.412 km (3.363 mi) | |
| Distance | Qualifying Race 1 60 minutes Qualifying Race 2 60 minutes Main Race 60 minutes | |
| Qualifying Race 1 | ||
| Pole | ||
| Driver | Mike den Tandt | Belgium |
| Time | 2:01.397 | |
| Fastest lap | ||
| Driver | Mike den Tandt | Belgium |
| Time | 2:02.538 (on lap 6) | |
| Podium | ||
| First | Mike den Tandt Charles Weerts | Belgium |
| Second | Ayhancan Güven Salih Yoluç | Turkey |
| Third | Matteo Cressoni Piergiuseppe Perazzini | Italy |
| Qualifying Race 2 | ||
| Pole | ||
| Driver | Charles Weerts | Belgium |
| Time | 2:00.136 | |
| Fastest lap | ||
| Driver | Jim Pla | France |
| Time | 2:03.816 (on lap 5) | |
| Podium | ||
| First | Ayhancan Güven Salih Yoluç | Turkey |
| Second | Chris Buncombe Chris Froggatt | United Kingdom |
| Third | Nico Bastian Alexander Mattschull | Germany |
| Main Race | ||
| Pole | ||
| Driver | Salih Yoluç | Turkey |
| Fastest lap | ||
| Driver | Ayhancan Güven | Turkey |
| Time | 2:02.379 (on lap 18) | |
| Podium | ||
| First | Ayhancan Güven Salih Yoluç | Turkey |
| Second | Chris Buncombe Chris Froggatt | United Kingdom |
| Third | Johnny Laursen Nicklas Nielsen | Denmark |
The 2018 FIA GT Nations Cup was the first edition of the pro–am FIA GT Nations Cup Grand Touring (GT) sports car race held at the Bahrain International Circuit in Sakhir, Bahrain on 1 December 2018. The race was contested with GT3-spec cars entered by teams representing nations. Only Silver and Bronze-rated drivers were allowed to compete. The event promoters were the Bahrain Motorsport Federation (BMF) and the SRO Motorsports Group (SRO). For the following year the event was reformatted as the multi-discipline FIA Motorsport Games.
The duo representing Turkey Ayhancan Güven and Salih Yoluç won the main race sharing a Mercedes-AMG GT3 run by Ram Racing from pole position after scoring the fewest number of points in the two preceding qualification races. Turkey led the start of the race before being overtaken by the United Kingdom team of Chris Buncombe and Chris Froggatt. The nation was able to reclaim the lead from the United Kingdom and maintained it to win the FIA GT Nations Cup by three seconds. Denmark's pair of Johnny Larsen and Nicklas Nielsen completed the podium in third position.